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...wasn't until Finbarr O'Neill came along that Hyundai started hitting on all cylinders. An unassuming New York City attorney who took over the company's U.S. operations in 1998, O'Neill walked into the top job the same year sales reached their nadir. "We knew our quality was better and styling was improving," he recalls. "But nobody was showing up." So O'Neill and Hyundai's dealers (those who were left) offered the industry's first 10-year, 100,000-mile warranty, called the Hyundai Challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai In High Gear | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...land on the moon. Unfortunately, it was also a century where evil challenged good with two world wars, constant conflicts and the killing of innocent people. An evildoer must be favored for selection as the Person of this Century. It boils down to either Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. FINBARR SLATTERY Killarney, Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 31, 1999 | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Ostensibly, this pilgrimage to pay respects to and then bury the dead is Exley's story. In practice, the narrative evolves into a surrealistic odyssey. On his flight, Exley bumps into James Seamus Finbarr O'Twoomey, a preposterously gross Irishman with an equally incredible brogue ("Frederick, me lurverly, there you go again") who will later hold the hapless author hostage in a Pacific paradise. Also aboard is the future Mrs. Exley, a murderously sexy flight attendant named Robin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Surreal Odyssey | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...FINBARR SLATTERY Killarney, Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 16, 1967 | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...FINBARR SLATTERY Killarney, Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 17, 1965 | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

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